Beyoncé : At Work, on Screen, and Online / edited by Martin Iddon and Melanie L. Marshall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iddon, Martin, 1975- editor.

Marshall, Melanie L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Who runs the world? The Beyhive knows. From the Destiny's Child 2001 hit single "Survivor" to her 2019 jam "7/11," Beyonce Knowles-Carter has confronted dominant issues around the world. Because her image is linked with divisive political movements, including debates on race, sexuality, and female empowerment, she has become a central figure in pop music and pop culture. Beyonce: At Work, On Screen, and Online explores her work as a singer, activist, and artist by taking a deep dive into her songs, videos, and performances, as well as responses from her fans. Contributors look at Beyonce's entire body of work to examine her status as a canonical figure in modern music and do not shy away from questioning scandals or weighing her social contributions against the evolution of feminism, critical race theory, authenticity, and more. Full of examples from throughout Beyonce's career, this volume presents listening as a political undertaking that generates meaning and creates community. Beyonce: At Work, On Screen, and Online contends that because of her willingness to address societal issues within her career, Beyonce has become an important touchstone for an entire generation-all in a day's work for Queen Bey"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction / Melanie L. Marshall and Martin Iddon

I. Beyoncé at Work, Making Beyoncé

1. Emily J. Lordi / Surviving the Hustle: Beyoncé's Performance of Work

2. Will Fulton / "A Scientist of Songs": Beyoncé, the Recording Studio, and Popular Music Authorship

3. Lisa Colton / "Singing All the Time": Constructions of Cultural Identity in Beyoncé's I Am . . . Sasha Fierce

II. Beyoncé on Screen, Reading Beyoncé

4. Julia Cox / Beyoncé's Mixed-Media Feminism: Sounding, Staging, and Sampling Gender Politics in "***Flawless"

5. Jaap Kooijman / "At Last a Dream That I Can Call My Own": Beyoncé and the Performance of Stardom in Dreamgirls and Cadillac Records

6. Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley / For the Texas Bama Femme: A Black Queer Femme-inist Reading of Beyoncé's "Sorry"

7. Eduardo Viñuela / Gypsying Beyoncé: The Latin Crossover through Hispanic Stereotypes

III. Beyoncé Online, Re-presenting Beyoncé

8. Mary Fogarty Woehrel / Unlikely Resemblances: Beyoncé, "Single Ladies," and Comparative Judgment of Popular Dance

9. Áine Mangaoang / "I See Music": Beyoncé, YouTube, and the Question of Signed Songs

10. Melissa Avdeeff / "Girl I'm Tryna Kick It with Ya": Tracing the Reception of the Embodiment of Girl/ Bedroom Culture in "7/11"

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780253052865

0253052866

9780253052834

0253052831

OCLC:

1142924409